Questions set out for borough’s local plan

HYNDBURN’S Green councillor has set out the key questions he believes a government inspector should answer in his assessment of the borough’s local plan.

- BY BILL JACOBS Local Democracy Reporting Service

An image of the proposed Huncoat Garden Village

The controversial blueprint for new housing, job-creating industrial and commercial developments and road upgrades over the next 15 years is being scrutinised in detail.

The government planning inspector started an eight-day public examination of its Local Plan 2021-2040 at the authority's offices in Scaitcliffe House, Accrington, last Tuesday.

The framework has at its heart the deeply controversial £100million scheme for a new Huncoat Garden Village of 1,500 new homes, one of East Lancashire's biggest ever housing developments.